Re: SO far behind–what first?

Never mind about the straw–the farmer was out. So I went to a garden center. I was afraid all they’d have would be fluorescent wood chips ;-)…. but they had bags of composted cotton burrs. Sounded good to me. And they are from the area of Texas my husband grew up in :-D

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